Role of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in Vienna, Austria

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Kurz, Herbert ^a   Göpfrich, Hubert ^a   Wabnegger, Leila ^b   Apfalter, Petra ^b  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

C. pneumoniae; Child; Community acquired pneumonia; PCR; Vienna

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INPATIENTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 69749125080     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21059     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Hammerschlag MR. Chlamydia pneumonia. In: Feigin RD, Cherry JD, Demmler GJ, Kaplan SL, editors. Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th edition. Philadelphia: Saunders;2004. p 2488.
2. Kumar S, Hammerschlag MR. Acute respiratory infection due to Chlamydia pneumoniae: Current status of diagnostic methods. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:568-576. (Pubitemid 46233262)
3. Wubbel L, Muniz L, Ahmed A, Trujillo M, Carubelli C, McCoig C, Abramo T, Leinonen M, McCracken GH Jr. Etiology and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in ambulatory children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:98-104. (Pubitemid 29101880)
4. Michelow IC, Olen K, Lozano J, Rollins NK, Duffy LB, Ziegler T, Kauppila J, Leinonen M, McCracken GH Jr. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children. Pediatrics 2004;113:701-707. (Pubitemid 38437371)
5. Ostapchuk M, Robers DM, Haddy R. Community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children. Am Fam Physician 2004;70:899-908.
6. Apfalter P, Loidl M, Nadrchal R, Makristathis A, Rotter M, Bergmann M, Polterauer P, Hirschl AM. Isolation and continuous growth of Chlamydia pneumoniae from arterectomy specimens. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2000;19:305-308. (Pubitemid 30255615)
7. Apfalter P, Barousch W, Nehr M, Makristathis A, Willinger B, Rotter M, Hirschl AM. Comparison of a new quantitative ompA-based real-time PCR TaqMan assay for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in respiratory specimens with four conventional PCR assays. J Clin Microbiol 2003;41:592-600. (Pubitemid 36184167)
8. Hammerschlag MR. Chlamydia pneumoniae and the lung. Eur Respir J 2000;16:1001-1007.
9. Dowell SF, Peeling RW, Boman J, Carlone GM, Fields BS, Guarner J, Hammerschlag MR, Jackson LA, Kuo CC, Maass M, Messmer TO, Talkington DF, Tondella ML, Zaki; C. pneumoniae Workshop Participants. Standardizing Chlamydia pneumoniae assays: recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA), and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Canada). Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:492-503.
10. Littman AJ, Jackson LA, White E, Thornquist MD, Gaydos CA, Vaughan TL. Interlaboratory reliability of microimmunofluorescence test for measurement of Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific immunoglobulin A and G antibody titers. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2004;11:615-617. (Pubitemid 38661431)
11. Webley WC, Tilahun Y, Lay K, Patel K, Stuart ES, Andrzejewski C, Salva PS. Occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae in paediatric respiratory infections. Eur Respir J 2009;33:360-367.
12. Heiskanen-Kosma T, Korppi M, Laurila A, Jokinen C, Kleemola M, Saikku P. Chlamydia pneumoniae is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia in school-aged children: serological results of a prospective, population-based study. Scand J Infect Dis 1999;31:255-259. (Pubitemid 29389232)
13. Kese D, Cizman M, Marin J, Zupanc TA. Chlamydia pneumoniae infections in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Slovenia. Scand J Infect Dis 2003;34:172-176.
14. Jain R, Jain A, Agarwal J, Awasthi S. Chlamydia sp. in hospitalised children with community acquired pneumonia. Indian Pediatr 2007;44:216-218. (Pubitemid 46475115)
15. Somer A, Salman N, Yalcin I, Agacfidan A. Role of M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae in children with community-acquired pneumonia in Istanbul, Turkey. J Trop Pediatr 2006;52:173-178. (Pubitemid 43997453)
16. Lassmann B, Poetschke M, Ninteretse B, Issifou S, Winkler S, Kremsner PG, Graninger W, Apfalter P. Community-acquired pneumonia in children in Lambarene, Gabon. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008;79:109-114. (Pubitemid 351957213)
17. Block S, Hedrick J, Hammerschlag MR, Cassell GH, Craft JC. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia: comparative efficacy and safety of clarithromycin vs. erythromycin ethylsuccinate. J Pediatr Infect Dis 1995;14:471-477.
18. Emre U, Roblin PM, Gelling M, Dumornay W, Rao M, Hammerschlag MR, Schachter J. The association of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and reactive airway disease in children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1994;148:727-732. (Pubitemid 24218479)
19. Esposito S, Bosis S, Faelli N, Begliatti E, Droghetti R, Tremolati E, Porta A, Blasi F, Principi N. Role of atypical bacteria and azithromycin therapy for children with recurrent respiratory tract infections. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2005;24:438-444. (Pubitemid 40664240)